Oleh Podovalov

Oleh Podovalov was a colonel of the Ukrainian Air Force at the time of the March 2014 Crimean Crisis. In a 23 March 2014 interview with Vice News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky, Podovalov told Ostrovsky that the Ukrainians were prepared to use equal force against the Russian Army if they were to attack the base of Belbek, and the base wound up surrendering to Vyacheslav Bebnev's cossacks without resistance.